Senior UX/UI Product Designer - Clinical Experience - Remote

Job ID: 101956070656Posted: 2026-10-15Location: Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United StatesSalary: $91,700 - $163,700/yearJob Area: ProductCompany: UnitedHealth GroupOptum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.The Enterprise Digital Product Office (EDPO) at Optum is a centralized organization focused on accelerating digital transformation across the enterprise. The team partners across business, technology, and operations to design, build, and scale product-centric solutions that improve customer experiences, optimize operational workflows, and deliver measurable business outcomes.Within EDPO, our Clinical Experience team is focused on designing the future of clinical care. We create AI-enabled experiences that help clinicians and care teams make better decisions, coordinate care more effectively, and deliver personalized patient outcomes. Our work connects data, technology, and care delivery to ensure the right care is delivered at the right time. By combining deep human-centered design practices with emerging AI capabilities, we are transforming how clinicians interact with complex healthcare systems, workflows, and data.As a Senior Product Designer, you will support the design of complex clinical and enterprise software experiences across responsive web and mobile platforms. You will drive end-to-end design efforts for products that support clinicians, care teams, and healthcare operations, balancing user needs, business objectives, regulatory requirements, and technical feasibility.This role requires expertise designing sophisticated SaaS applications and workflow-driven experiences that support complex decision-making. You will play a key role in shaping next-generation AI-enabled and agentic experiences that augment clinical workflows, streamline coordination, and improve care outcomes.The ideal candidate is equally comfortable contributing to discovery, contributing design insights to product strategy discussions, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, and executing high-quality design solutions. You are passionate about healthcare, experienced with enterprise-scale products, and excited about the emerging opportunities of AI and agentic systems in clinical environments.You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.Primary Responsibilities:Product & Experience DesignOwn design execution for assigned product initiatives from discovery through delivery, partnering with product, engineering, and researchDesign sophisticated SaaS-based clinical and healthcare experiences that support complex workflows, decision-making, and care coordinationCreate intuitive experiences that simplify highly complex data, processes, and interactions for clinicians, care teams, and healthcare administratorsTranslate user needs, research findings, analytics, and business objectives into actionable design strategies and product experiencesDevelop user flows, workflows, wireframes, prototypes, service blueprints, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate vision and intentAgentic AI & InnovationDesign AI-enabled and agentic experiences that assist users with decision support, prioritization, recommendations, automation, and workflow orchestrationPartner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to define human-AI interaction patterns that build trust, transparency, and usabilityExplore emerging design frameworks and best practices for conversational, predictive, generative, and autonomous AI experiencesEnsure AI-powered experiences are responsible, explainable, accessible, and aligned with clinical safety considerationsResearch & DiscoveryFacilitate discovery activities including stakeholder workshops, journey mapping, workflow analysis, collaborative design sessions, and experience visioningConduct and synthesize user research with clinicians, care coordinators, operations teams, and healthcare stakeholdersIdentify opportunities to improve clinical efficiency, reduce cognitive burden, increase adoption, and improve patient outcomesCollaboration & Leadership Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Researchers, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders throughout the product lifecycleInfluence product strategy through design thinking, customer insights, experimentation, and data-informed decision makingClearly articulate design rationale and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groupsMentor other designers through critiques, coaching, and collaborative problem solvingHelp advance design maturity, process improvements, and design excellence across EDPDesign Systems & QualityApply design systems and contribute new patterns when neededChampion accessibility, usability, and inclusive design principles throughout the product lifecyclePartner with Engineering during implementation to ensure high-quality execution through design reviews and quality assuranceYou'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.Required Qualifications:5+ years of experience designing digital products, enterprise platforms, or SaaS applicationsClinical healthcare design experience is required, with demonstrated experience designing products used by clinicians, care teams, or healthcare operationsProven experience designing complex SaaS platforms, enterprise applications, or data-heavy productsDemonstrated experience designing for AI-enabled and agentic experiences, including workflows involving recommendations, automation, copilots, conversational experiences, intelligent assistance, or human-in-the-loop systemsExperience partnering on discovery efforts and collaborating across multidisciplinary teamsExperience working within Agile product development environmentsExperience mentoring and elevating other designersExpert proficiency with Figma, including interface design, interaction design, prototyping, design systems, and documentationProven solid portfolio demonstrating expertise designing complex enterprise software and workflow-intensive experiencesProven deep expertise in user-centered design, interaction design, information architecture, accessibility, service design, and systems thinkingProven solid storytelling, communication, facilitation, and presentation skillsProven ability to navigate ambiguity and own design execution for complex problem-solving effortsPreferred Qualifications:Experience designing clinical workflows across areas such as care management, utilization management, provider experiences, clinical decision support, value-based care, population health, electronic health records, prior authorization, or care coordinationExperience designing products that leverage machine learning, predictive analytics, generative AI, or autonomous agent frameworksExperience designing enterprise B2B SaaS platforms used by large-scale organizationsExperience working with distributed teams across multiple geographic regions and time zonesExperience contributing to enterprise design systems and scaled design operationsKnowledge of healthcare regulations, privacy requirements, and clinical workflow considerationsFamiliarity with healthcare interoperability standards and ecosystem complexities*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter PolicyPay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.